Zeki Çelik

Mehmet Zeki Çelik (born 17 February 1997) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a right-back for French club Lille.

Zeki Çelik
Çelik in October 2019
Personal information
Full name Mehmet Zeki Çelik
Date of birth (1997-02-17) 17 February 1997
Place of birth Yıldırım, Turkey
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position(s) Right-back
Club information
Current team
 Lille
Number 2
Youth career
2008–2009 Yavuz Selimspor
2009–2015 Bursaspor
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Bursaspor 0 (0)
2015–2016 → Karaceyspor (loan) 34 (0)
2016–2018 İstanbulspor 63 (3)
2018– Lille 57 (1)
National team‡
2012–2013 Turkey U16 11 (0)
2013–2014 Turkey U17 12 (0)
2014 Turkey U18 2 (0)
2017– Turkey U21 9 (0)
2018– Turkey 14 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 March 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 November 2019

Professional career

Born in Bursa as the youngest of 9 children, Çelik went through the Bursaspor youth academy and became a professional in 2015. He signed on loan with Karacabey Birlikspor in 2015.

In 2016, he joined İstanbulspor. His good performance with İstanbulspor earned him a call-up to the senior Turkey national football team in 2018, despite playing in the TFF First League.[1]

On 8 July 2018, Çelik signed with Lille OSC on a five-year contract.[2][3] Çelik made his professional debut with Lille in a 3–1 Ligue 1 win over Stade Rennes on 11 August 2018.[4]

International career

Çelik made his professional debut for the Turkey national football team in a 1–1 friendly with Russia national football team on 5 June 2018.[5]

International goals
Scores and results list Turkey's goal tally first.[6]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.2 June 2019Bahçeşehir Okulları Stadium, Alanya, Turkey Uzbekistan1–02–0Friendly
2.2–0
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References
  1. "Mehmet Zeki Çelik: Sağın yeni gözdesi - TamSaha Detay Sayfası TFF". www.tff.org.
  2. "Zeki Celik, international turc, est Lillois - Lille LOSC". www.losc.fr.
  3. "Transferts : Zeki Celik a signé à Lille". L'Équipe (in French). 8 July 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  4. "Lille vs. Rennes - 11 August 2018 - Soccerway". Soccerway.
  5. "RUSYA 1-1 TÜRKİYE - A Milli Takım Haber Detayları TFF". www.tff.org.
  6. "Zeki Çelik". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 4 June 2019.


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